The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-02-25
STORY OF A SOAR.

SIOh1 OF "A SCAN.
'.Do you see that tall. handsome man
now talking to his highnessp' inquired
state balls given by the khedJvr of
Egypt in his fairy summer palace Of
Gczreh. on the banks of the Nile. says
o Cairo correspondent of the New York
Tribune.
What" said /; ''do you mean Mus
tapha Pacha f., the cabinet minisierP"
Eyes; and have you noticed thai his
right hand is always glovedp Look nj
it now. He is tho only man in this
room wearing glove on that hand,
which is contrary TO all etiquette. II he
were to remove it you would perceive an
ugly kind of semicrcular scar. In 1876
the English government, alarmed at the
khedive's terrible extravaganza and re-
peated appeals to the European money
markets, sent out to Egypt special
mission to inquire into the state of the
finances of the country
''ln the short space of ten years over
$500. 100000 had been borrowed by the
Egyptian government, and of this vast
sum only $200000,000 had found its
way into the state treasury. What had
become of the balance? Two people
alone could tell Ono of those was the
khedive himself, and the other his min
lister of finance, Mustapha Pasha Sadyk,
the most powerful man in Egypt. 1t is
impossible to conceive the enormous
wealth of the latter. Largo tracts of
country belong 10 him and he had
the right of coming money in his own
name. His splendor and magnilicence
wero unequallcd in the east. His
harem of over three thousand women
occupied the three immense palaces in
which now all the government Offices
arc located, and he had srecial body
guard in his seraglio of over four hun
dred superb amazons, who. on state
occasions, donned armor and helmets
of pure silver. The English ENJOYS de-
voted all their energies to win him over
from the khedive. 1t appears that they
were about TO succeed.
Late one night i'm June Mr.. Julius
Blum, confidential secretary and facto-
tum of the minister of finance, informed
the khedive that the minister had been
won over by the English ENJOYS, and in
order to save his own position had de-
tcrmincd to turn kings evidence and to
reveal to them on the following Satur-
day tho whole of his highnoss' financial
transactions. The next day was Friday,
the Mohammcden sabbath. After per-
forming his devotions at the mosque
the khedive proceeded in an open VIC
toria TO the palace Of Mustapha Pasha
Sadyk and invited that minister 10 ac-
company him during his usual after
noon drive, and. pleasantly chatting
together, they drove to the palace of
Gezireh. On ahghting ut that door.
the khedive, turning to his minister,
invited him to supper on board the
vicc-regal yacht, which lay moored i'll
midstream. The minister, accompanied
by the khedivc's sons, embarked and
was rowed off to the yacht A merry
evening was spent on board, the whole
ship being illuminated, and occasional
snatchcs of music and laughter being
waited over to tho shore. At about ii
O'Clock the khedive and princess re-
turned alone, leaving on board the
minister with the two vice-regal cham
berains, Mustapha Bey L. and Sami
Bey Baroudi. Shortly aftcrward the
sounds of short scutflc on deck were
heard by the people on shore, and then
all was quiet and the lights were extin-
guishcd on board. Soon after midnight
the yacht cast loose from her moorings
and noiselessly glided up the stream to-
ward the first cataract Nothing more
was ever seen in this world of Mustapha
Pasha Sadyk.
"On the next day decree was issued
STATING that the khcdiye had banished
his minister Of finance to Upper Egypt
for having dared to Cypress his much
beloved subjects, ETC., etc. -Four days
later the yacht returned TO her mornings
oil the Gczireh palace. and when the
two chambcrlains above referred to re-
sumed their service it was noticed that
Sami Bev wore Il handkerchief round
his throat rs if to hide some wound on
his neck, and that Mustapha Bey L. had
his right hand in sling"